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Ahead of election day, 3,795 Democrats and 4,573 Republicans voted in Nueces County in person and by mail. That puts voter turnout for each race respectively at 1.9 percent and 2.29 percent, county records show.

Texas Democrats on Tuesday will pick whether former Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez or Houston businessman Andrew White will carry the fight to incumbent Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in the fall.

In the District 27 race, Democrats Raul "Roy" Barrera, who works as a court security officer at the federal courthouse in Corpus Christi, and Eric Holguin, who previously worked for the New York City Comptroller’s office, are vying for a place on the Democratic ticket.

Former chairman of the Texas Water Development Board Bech Bruun and Michael Cloud are seeking a spot on the Republican one.

In Victoria County, where Cloud has long served as county chair of the Victoria County Republican Party, 627 people have voted by mail and in person in the Democratic Primary. In the Republican primary, 2,509 people voted by mail and in person .

The winners of the District 27 race will face off in November to replace former Congressman Blake Farenthold, who is under fire over the settlement of a sexual harassment lawsuit with taxpayer money.

The four are among five other candidates running in a separate June special election to fill the remainder of Farenthold's current term, which lasts less than a year. He resigned earlier this year.